CIA chief expects more data leaks before election

Government officials brace for more leaks

CIA Director John Brennan “wouldn’t be surprised” to see more hacked information leaking out prior to the November election, he told CBS News in an interview aired Wednesday night.

“I think there are capabilities that a number of our adversaries have — and again I’m not just talking about nation-states or other countries — I’m talking about individuals who may want to demonstrate that they’re able to hack into systems and release things for whatever their agenda might be, whether it be a political agenda or one that is just trying to undermine our system of democracy here,” Brennan said.

Materials stolen from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) were published on the anti-secrecy platform WikiLeaks on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in July, embarrassing officials and leading to the resignation of the party’s chairwoman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.).